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Learn More About those Who Serve or Have Served below
Celebrate Someone Special
(military or law enforcement - past or present)
Grant
Crawley
Maryland Heights Police Department
Sergeant Grant Crawley received two Letters of Commendation, 12
Letters of Excellence.
I received my BS from UMSL in 1982 and my MA in Criminology from UMSL in 2000. I was certified as a Taser Instructor, Master FTO, ASP Instructor , Saber OC Instructor, Firearms Instructor, DEA Certified Clandestine Lab Processing and Disposal Specialist, Missouri POST Generalist Instructor, and Verbal Judo Instructor.
John
Dinga
U.S. Army - WWII
John served in WWII in the South Pacific as a Communications Officer. Thank you Mr. Dinga
Gerald "Jerry"
Kalb
U.S. Army - Korea
Jerry served in the Korean War, in Germany, as a Driver to the General, Cook, and for Border Protection. He rarely spoke of his service, but his children are very proud of him.
Claire
Melenbrink
US Air National Guard
Claire is serving in the US Air National Guard, focusing on military medical support.
Clifford
Robbins III
St. Louis City Police Department
Retired Seargeant Robbins is retired from the St. Louis Police Department in the field and at the Armory.
Morton
Thal
US Army - Quartermaster Corp.
Private First Class Thal was shot in the hand and wounded during The Occupation of Germany during an attempted hijacking of the truckload of cigarettes he was transporting. Because it wasn't considered a "wartime" injury he never received a Purple Heart, but did get recogniton in his pension.
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